5/21/13

It was late afternoon when I took this picture; and the sun was so bright that it was hard to focus the camera at all. When I uploaded the image to my computer- surprise- there was that weed of a "flower" in the gutter. Instead of cropping it out of the image, I decided to use it anyway because, after all, it IS PART OF THE HOUSE!!! It occurred to me that sometimes people are like this image; fantastic in many ways, but the baggage they bring with them is their undoing...

1 Samuel, Chapter 9

1Now there was a man of Benjamin, Yahweh has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his peoplewhose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.2 He had a son, whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a better person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

3 The donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, “Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys.” 4 He passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they didn’t find them: then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and there they weren’t there: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they didn’t find them.

5 When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come, and let us return, lest my father stop caring about the donkeys, and be anxious for us.”

6 He said to him, “See now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man who is held in honor. All that he says comes surely to pass. Now let us go there. Perhaps he can tell us concerning our journey whereon we go.”

7 Then Saul said to his servant, “But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?”

8 The servant answered Saul again, and said, “Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver. I will give that to the man of God, to tell us our way.” 9 (In earlier times in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, “Come, and let us go to the seer”; for he who is now called a prophet was before called a Seer.)

10 Then Saul said to his servant, “Well said. Come, let us go.” So they went to the city where the man of God was. 11 As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer here?”

12 They answered them, and said, “He is. Behold, he is before you. Hurry now, for he has come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place. 13 As soon as you have come into the city, you shall immediately find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat; for the people will not eat until he come, because he blesses the sacrifice. Afterwards those who are invited eat. Now therefore go up; for at this time you shall find him.”

14 They went up to the city. As they came within the city, behold, Samuel came out toward them, to go up to the high place.

15 Now Yahweh had revealed to Samuel a day before Saul came, saying, 16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked on my people, because their cry has come to me.”

1 Samuel, Chapter 13

10 It came to pass that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him. 11 Samuel said, “What have you done?”

Saul said, “Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn’t come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash; 12 therefore I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven’t entreated the favor of Yahweh.’ I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering.”

13 Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you; for now Yahweh would have established your kingdom on Israel forever. 14But now your kingdom shall not continue. Yahweh has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you.”

Saul was a very special man; tall, handsome- attractive in every way. BUT, he feared the people more than God. And his disobedient nature cause him to be rejected by God and another (David) was to take his place. God gives us one life- what we do with it is up to us. Saul made his choice of putting God second and paid dearly for it. Now, I didn't realize what baggage came along with the beautiful yellow, purple, red and blue flowers, if I had- I would have just not included them. Look at your life. Is there any baggage keeping you from serving God as you should? If so, do a little editing today and avoid the consequences it may bring tomorrow!!! Remember Saul!!!!

Jos
23:1 It happened after many days, when Yahweh had given rest to
Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well
advanced in years,

Jos
23:2 that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for
their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to
them, "I am old and well advanced in years.

Jos
23:3 You have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all these
nations because of you; for it is Yahweh your God who has fought for
you.

Jos
23:4 Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be
an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations
that I have cut off, even to the great sea toward the going down of
the sun.

Jos
23:5 Yahweh your God will thrust them out from before you, and drive
them from out of your sight. You shall possess their land, as Yahweh
your God spoke to you.

Jos
23:6 Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is
written in the book of the law of Moses, that you not turn aside from
it to the right hand or to the left;

Jos
23:7 that you not come among these nations, these that remain among
you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to
swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;

Jos
23:8 but hold fast to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day.

Jos
23:9 For Yahweh has driven great and strong nations out from before
you. But as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.

Jos
23:10 One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is Yahweh your
God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.

Jos
23:11 Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love Yahweh
your God.

Jos
23:12 Else if you do at all go back, and hold fast to the remnant of
these nations, even these who remain among you, and make marriages
with them, and go in to them, and they to you;

Jos
23:13 know for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no longer drive
these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a
trap to you, a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until
you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given
you.

Jos
23:14 Behold, today I am going the way of all the earth. You know in
all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed
of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you.
All have happened to you. Not one thing has failed of it.

Jos
23:15 It shall happen that as all the good things have come on you
of which Yahweh your God spoke to you, so Yahweh will bring on you
all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good
land which Yahweh your God has given you,

Jos
23:16 when you disobey the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he
commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves
to them. Then the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you, and
you will perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to
you."

Jos
24:1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called
for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for
their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

Jos
24:2 Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says Yahweh, the God
of Israel, 'Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even
Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they
served other gods.

Jos
24:3 I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him
throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave
him Isaac.

Jos
24:4 I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir,
to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

Jos
24:5 I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that
which I did in its midst: and afterward I brought you out.

Jos
24:6 I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea.
The Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with
horsemen to the Red Sea.

Jos
24:7 When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and
the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and
your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness
many days.

Jos
24:8 I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond
the Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand.
You possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

Jos
24:9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought
against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse
you;

Jos
24:10 but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you
still. So I delivered you out of his hand.

Jos
24:11 You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. The men of
Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the
Canaanite, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite;
and I delivered them into your hand.

Jos
24:12 I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before
you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor
with your bow.

Jos
24:13 I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities
which you didn't build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards
and olive groves which you didn't plant.'

Jos
24:14 Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in
truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River,
in Egypt; and serve Yahweh.

Jos
24:15 If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom
you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were
beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you
dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh."

Jos
24:16 The people answered, "Far be it from us that we should
forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;

Jos
24:17 for it is Yahweh our God who brought us and our fathers up out
of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those
great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we
went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed.

Jos
24:18 Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the
Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve Yahweh;
for he is our God."

Jos
24:19 Joshua said to the people, "You can't serve Yahweh; for
he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your
disobedience nor your sins.

Jos
24:20 If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will
turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good."

Jos
24:21 The people said to Joshua, "No; but we will serve
Yahweh."

Jos
24:22 Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against
yourselves that you have chosen Yahweh yourselves, to serve him."
They said, "We are witnesses."

Jos
24:23 "Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among
you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel."

Jos
24:24 The people said to Joshua, "We will serve Yahweh our God,
and we will listen to his voice."

Jos
24:25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made
for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

Jos
24:26 Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he
took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the
sanctuary of Yahweh.

Jos
24:27 Joshua said to all the people, "Behold, this stone shall
be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Yahweh
which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you,
lest you deny your God."

Jos
24:28 So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

Jos
24:29 It happened after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun,
the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred and ten years old.

Jos
24:30 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in
Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north
of the mountain of Gaash.

Jos
24:31 Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days
of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of
Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel.

Jos
24:32 They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel
brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which
Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred
pieces of money. They became the inheritance of the children of
Joseph.

Jos
24:33 Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of
Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.

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Joshua

Joshua231

It
happened after many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from
all their enemies round about,
and Joshua was old and well stricken in years;

And
it came to pass a long time after that Jehovah had given rest to
Israel from all their enemies
round about, and Joshua had become old, advanced in age,

And
it cometh to pass, many days after that Jehovah hath given rest to
Israel from all
their enemies round about, that Joshua is old, entering into days,

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that
Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads,
and for their judges and for their
officers, and said to them, I am old and well stricken in years:

that
Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders, and for their heads,
and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am become old,
advanced in age;

and
Joshua calleth for all Israel, for its elders, and for its heads,
and for its judges, and
for its authorities, and saith unto them, `I have become old; I have
entered into
days;

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and
you have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations
because of you; for Yahweh
your God, he it is that has fought for you.

and
ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done to all these
nations because of you. For
Jehovah your God is he that hath fought for you.

and
ye -- ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done to all these
nations because
of you, for Jehovah your God [is] He who is fighting for you;

Joshua234

Behold,
I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an
inheritance for your tribes, from
the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the
great sea toward the going down
of the sun.

Behold,
I have divided unto you by lot for an inheritance, according to your
tribes, these nations
that remain, from the Jordan, as well as all the nations that I have
cut off, as far as
the great sea toward the sun-setting.

see,
I have caused to fall to you these nations who are left for an
inheritance to your
tribes, from the Jordan, (and all the nations which I cut off), and
the great sea,
the going in of the sun.

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Yahweh
your God, he will thrust them out from before you, and drive them
from out of your sight;
and you shall possess their land, as Yahweh your God spoke to you.

And
Jehovah your God, he will expel them from before you, and dispossess
them from out of
your sight; and ye shall take possession of their land, as Jehovah
your God hath said unto
you.

`As
to Jehovah your God, He doth thrust them from your presence, and
hath dispossessed
them from before you, and ye have possessed their land, as Jehovah your
God hath spoken to you,

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Therefore
be you very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the
book of the law of Moses,
that you not turn aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

And
be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the
book of the law of Moses,
that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

and
ye have been very strong to keep and to do the whole that is written
in the Book
of the Law of Moses, so as not to turn aside from it right or left,

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that
you not come among these nations, these that remain among you;
neither make mention of the
name of their gods, nor cause to swear [by them], neither serve them,
nor bow down yourselves
to them;

that
ye enter not among these nations, these that remain among you; and
ye shall make no mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear [by them],
neither serve them, nor bow
yourselves unto them;

so
as not to go in among these nations, these who are left with you;
and of the name
of their gods ye do not make mention, nor do ye swear, nor do ye
serve them, nor
do ye bow yourselves to them;

and
ye have been very watchful for yourselves to love Jehovah your God.

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Else
if you do at all go back, and cleave to the remnant of these nations,
even these who remain among
you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to
you;

For
if ye in any wise go back, and cleave unto the residue of these
nations, these that remain
among you, and make marriages with them, and come in unto them and
they unto you:

`But
-- if ye at all turn back and have cleaved to the remnant of these
nations, these
who are left with you, and intermarried with them, and gone in to
them, and
they to you,

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know
for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no more drive these nations
from out of your sight;
but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, and a scourge in your
sides, and thorns in your eyes,
until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has
given you.

know
for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more dispossess these
nations from before
you, and they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in
your sides, and thorns
in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah
your God hath given
you.

know
certainly that Jehovah your God is not continuing to dispossess
these nations
from before you, and they have been to you for a gin, and for a
snare, and for
a scourge, in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till ye
perish from off this
good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you.

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Behold,
this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you know in all
your hearts and in all your
souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which
Yahweh your God spoke concerning
you; all are happen to you, not one thing has failed of it.

And
behold, I am going this day the way of all the earth; and ye know in
all your heart, and
in all your soul, that not one thing hath failed of all the good
words that Jehovah your God hath spoken concerning you: all are come to pass unto you --
not one thing hath failed
thereof.

`And
lo, I am going, to-day, in the way of all the earth, and ye have
known -- with all
your heart, and with all your soul -- that there hath not fallen one
thing of all the
good things which Jehovah your God hath spoken concerning you; the
whole have
come to you; there hath not failed of it one thing.

Joshua2315

It
shall happen, that as all the good things are come on you of which
Yahweh your God spoke to you,
so will Yahweh bring on you all the evil things, until he have
destroyed you from off this good
land which Yahweh your God has given you.

But
it shall come to pass, that as every good word hath been fulfilled
to you, that Jehovah your
God spoke to you, so will Jehovah bring upon you every evil word,
until he have destroyed
you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you;

`And
it hath been, as there hath come upon you all the good thing which
Jehovah your
God hath spoken unto you, so doth Jehovah bring upon you the whole
of the evil
thing, till His destroying you from off this good ground which
Jehovah your God
hath given to you;

Joshua2316

When
you disobey the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you,
and go and serve other
gods, and bow down yourselves to them; then will the anger of Yahweh
be kindled against you,
and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has
given to you.

when
ye transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God which he commanded
you, and go and
serve other gods, and bow yourselves unto them, so that the anger of
Jehovah shall be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good
land which he hath given
unto you.

in
your transgressing the covenant of Jehovah your God which He
commanded you, and ye have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to
them, then hath the
anger of Jehovah burned against you, and ye have perished hastily
from off the good land which He hath given to you.`

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Joshua
gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the
elders of Israel, and for their
heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they
presented themselves before God.

And
Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for
the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers;
and they presented themselves
before God.

And
Joshua gathereth all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and calleth
for the elders of Israel, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its
authorities, and they station
themselves before God.

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Joshua
said to all the people, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Your
fathers lived of old time beyond
the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of
Nahor: and they served other
gods.

And
Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Jehovah the God of
Israel: Your fathers dwelt
of old on the other side of the river, Terah, the father of Abraham
and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.

And
Joshua saith unto all the people, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel,
Beyond the River
have your fathers dwelt of old -- Terah father of Abraham and father
of Nachor
-- and they serve other gods;

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I
took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him
throughout all the land of Canaan,
and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

And
I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led
him throughout the
land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed and gave him Isaac.

and
I take your father Abraham from beyond the River, and cause him to
go through
all the land of Canaan, and multiply his seed, and give to him
Isaac.

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I
gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to
possess it: and Jacob and his children
went down into Egypt.

And
I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau; and I gave unto Esau mount Seir,
to possess it; and Jacob
and his sons went down into Egypt.

And
I give to Isaac, Jacob and Esau; and I give to Esau mount Seir, to
possess it; and Jacob
and his sons have gone down to Egypt.

Joshua245

I
sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I
did in the midst of it: and afterward I brought you out.

And
I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which
I did among them;
and afterwards I brought you out.

And
I send Moses and Aaron, and plague Egypt, as I have done in its
midst, and afterwards
I have brought you out.

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I
brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea; and the
Egyptians pursued after your
fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.

And
I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and ye came unto the sea; and
the Egyptians pursued
after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.

And
I bring out your fathers from Egypt, and ye go into the sea, and the
Egyptians pursue
after your fathers, with chariot and with horsemen, to the Red Sea;

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When
they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the
Egyptians, and brought the
sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt:
and you lived in the wilderness
many days.

Then
they cried to Jehovah, and he put darkness between you and the
Egyptians, and brought
the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in
Egypt; and ye
dwelt in the wilderness a long time.

and
they cry unto Jehovah, and He setteth thick darkness between you and
the Egyptians,
and bringeth on them the sea, and covereth them, and your eyes see that
which I have done in Egypt; and ye dwell in a wilderness many days.

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I
brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the
Jordan: and they fought with you;
and I gave them into your hand, and you possessed their land; and I
destroyed them from before
you.

And
I brought you into the land of the Amorites, who dwelt beyond the
Jordan, and they fought
with you, and I gave them into your hand, and ye took possession of
their land, and I destroyed them from before you.

`And
I bring you in unto the land of the Amorite who is dwelling beyond
the Jordan,
and they fight with you, and I give them into your hand, and ye
possess their
land, and I destroy them out of your presence.

Joshua249

Then
Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against
Israel: and he sent and called
Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;

And
Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against
Israel, and sent and called
Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;

`And
Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, riseth and fighteth against
Israel, and sendeth
and calleth for Balaam son of Beor, to revile you,

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but
I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I
delivered you out of his hand. but
I would not hearken unto Balaam, and he blessed you expressly, and I
delivered you out
of his hand.

and
I have not been willing to hearken to Balaam, and he doth greatly
bless you, and
I deliver you out of his hand.

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You
went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho
fought against you, the Amorite,
and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the
Girgashite, the Hivite, and
the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.

And
ye went over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho, and the men of
Jericho fought against
you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the
Hittites, and the
Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them
into your hand.

`And
ye pass over the Jordan, and come in unto Jericho, and fight against
you do the
possessors of Jericho -- the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the
Canaanite, and the
Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite -- and I
give them into
your hand.

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I
sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you,
even the two kings of the Amorites;
not with your sword, nor with your bow.

And
I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you,
[as] the two kings
of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

And
I send before you the hornet, and it casteth them out from your
presence -- two
kings of the Amorite -- not by thy sword, nor by thy bow.

Joshua2413

I
gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you
didn`t build, and you dwell therein;
of vineyards and olive groves which you didn`t plant do you eat.

And
I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities
which ye built not, and
ye dwell in them; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not
do ye eat.

`And
I give to you a land for which thou hast not laboured, and cities
which ye have
not built, and ye dwell in them; of vineyards and olive-yards which
ye have not
planted ye are eating.

Joshua2414

Now
therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth; and
put away the gods which
your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve you
Yahweh.

And
now fear Jehovah and serve him in perfectness and in truth; and put
away the gods which
your fathers served on the other side of the river, and in Egypt;
and serve Jehovah.

`And
now, fear ye Jehovah, and serve Him, in perfection and in truth, and
turn aside
the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt,
and serve
ye Jehovah;

Joshua2415

If
it seem evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose you this day whom you
will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of
the Amorites, in whose land
you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.

And
if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom
ye will serve; whether
the gods whom your fathers that were on the other side of the river
served, or the
gods of the Amorite, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my
house, we will serve
Jehovah.

and
if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah -- choose for you to-day whom
ye do serve;
-- whether the gods whom your fathers served, which [are] beyond the River,
or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and
my house
-- we serve Jehovah.`

Joshua2416

The
people answered, Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to
serve other gods;

And
the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should
forsake Jehovah, to serve
other gods;

And
the people answer and say, `Far be it from us to forsake Jehovah, to
serve other
gods;

Joshua2417

for
Yahweh our God, he it is who brought us and our fathers up out of the
land of Egypt, from the house
of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved
us in all the way in which
we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we
passed;

for
Jehovah our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of
the land of Egypt, from
the house of bondage, and who did those great signs before our eyes,
and preserved us
in all the way wherein we went, and among all the peoples through
whom we passed!

for
Jehovah our God [is] He who is bringing us and our fathers up out of
the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants, and who hath done before our eyes
these great signs,
and doth keep us in all the way in which we have gone, and among
all the peoples
through whose midst we passed;

Joshua2418

and
Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites
who lived in the land: therefore
we also will serve Yahweh; for he is our God.

And
Jehovah drove out from before us all the peoples, and the Amorites
the inhabitants of the land: so therefore we will serve Jehovah, for he is our God.

and
Jehovah casteth out the whole of the peoples, even the Amorite
inhabiting the land, from our presence; we also do serve Jehovah, for He [is] our
God.`

Joshua2419

Joshua
said to the people, You can`t serve Yahweh; for he is a holy God; he
is a jealous God; he will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.

And
Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah, for he is a holy
God; he is a jealous ·God;
he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

And
Joshua saith unto the people, `Ye are not able to serve Jehovah, for
a God most holy
He [is]; a zealous God He [is]; He doth not bear with your
transgression and with
your sins.

Joshua2420

If
you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do
you evil, and consume you,
after that he has done you good.

If
ye forsake Jehovah, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do
you hurt, and consume
you, after that he hath done you good.

When
ye forsake Jehovah, and have served gods of a stranger, then He hath
turned back
and done evil to you, and consumed you, after that He hath done good
to you.`

Joshua2421

The
people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Yahweh.

And
the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Jehovah.

And
the people saith unto Joshua, `No, but Jehovah we do serve.`

Joshua2422

Joshua
said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you
have chosen you Yahweh, to serve him. They said, We are witnesses.

And
Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves
that ye have chosen you
Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, [We are] witnesses.

And
Joshua saith unto the people, `Witnesses ye are against yourselves,
that ye have
chosen for you Jehovah to serve Him (and they say, `Witnesses!`)

Joshua2423

Now
therefore put away, [said he], the foreign gods which are among you,
and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Now
therefore put away the strange gods that are among you, and incline
your heart unto Jehovah the God of Israel.

and,
now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are] in your midst,
and incline
your heart unto Jehovah, God of Israel.`

Joshua2424

The
people said to Joshua, Yahweh our God will we serve, and to his voice
will we listen.

And
the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and to
his voice will we hearken.

And
the people say unto Joshua, `Jehovah our God we serve, and to His
voice we hearken.`

Joshua2425

So
Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a
statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

So
Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a
statute and an ordinance
in Shechem.

And
Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on
it a statute
and an ordinance, in Shechem.

Joshua2426

Joshua
wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great
stone, and set it up there
under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.

And
Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a
great stone, and set
it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah.

And
Joshua writeth these words in the Book of the Law of God, and taketh
a great stone,
and raiseth it up there under the oak which [is] in the sanctuary of
Jehovah.

Joshua2427

Joshua
said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against
us; for it has heard all the
words of Yahweh which he spoke to us: it shall be therefore a witness
against you, lest you deny
your God.

And
Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a
witness unto us, for it hath
heard all the words of Jehovah which he spoke unto us; and it shall
be a witness against
you, lest ye deny your God.

And
Joshua saith unto all the people, `Lo, this stone is against us for
a witness, for it
hath heard all the sayings of Jehovah which He hath spoken with us,
and it hath been
against you for a witness, lest ye lie against your God.`

Joshua2428

So
Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

And
Joshua dismissed the people, every man to his inheritance.

And
Joshua sendeth the people away, each to his inheritance.

Joshua2429

It
happened after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant
of Yahweh, died, being one
hundred ten years old.

And
it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the
servant of Jehovah, died,
a hundred and ten years old.

And
it cometh to pass, after these things, that Joshua son of Nun,
servant of Jehovah,
dieth, a son of a hundred and ten years,

Joshua2430

They
buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is
in the hill-country of
Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

And
they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah,
which is in mount
Ephraim, on the north side of the mountain of Gaash.

and
they bury him in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath-Serah,
which [is] in
the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the hill of Gaash.

Joshua2431

Israel
served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders
who outlived Joshua, and
had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel.

And
Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of
the elders whose days were
prolonged after Joshua, and who had known all the works of Jehovah,
which he had done
for Israel.

And
Israel serveth Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of
the elders who prolonged
days after Joshua, and who knew all the work of Jehovah which He did
to Israel.

Joshua2432

The
bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of
Egypt, buried they in Shechem,
in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the
father of Shechem for
a hundred pieces of money: and they became the inheritance of the
children of Joseph.

And
the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out
of Egypt, buried they
in Shechem in the portion of the field which Jacob had bought of the
sons of Hamor, Shechem`s
father, for a hundred kesitahs; and it became the inheritance of the
children of
Joseph.

And
the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up out of
Egypt, they buried
in Shechem, in the portion of the field which Jacob bought from the
sons of Hamor father of Shechem, with a hundred kesitah; and they are to the
sons of Joseph
for an inheritance.

Joshua2433

Eleazar
the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas
his son, which was given
him in the hill-country of Ephraim.

And
Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill of
Phinehas his son, which
had been given him in mount Ephraim.

And
Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they bury him in the hill of Phinehas
his son, which
was given to him in the hill-country of Ephraim.

Study Questions...

What did Joshua tell Israel to do? 23:6,8What were the Israelites to be diligent about? 24:11Israel was gathered together at? 24:11Who summoned Balaam? 24:9What seven tribes fought against Israel? 24:11What choice did Joshua give Israel, and what did Joshua purpose to do? 24:15Where was Joshua buried? 24:30